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I have been a Stephen King fan since I read "Carrie" back in the seventies, and this graphic novel gives the appropiate dark atmosphere the books strive for. The graphic novel can easily be read again and again. Just fantastic. The art work is as it should be according to what I expect of the "The dark tower" magic.
The story is told through the words as well as the drawings, and both sweep you right along to see what happens next.The back of the book has a section showing variant covers so you can get an idea of what the book might have looked like. I cannot tell you precisely which sections of Mr. The illustrations are done in a sort of grim, somber style in keeping with the story, but they definitely get your attention. I also am thinking of it in terms of a graphic novel, an amplification of Dark Tower as opposed to just an extension.All that said, I thought the book was amazing.
Let me preface my review by saying that I have only read the first two volumes of Stephen King's Dark Tower series. The overall appearance of the book is top drawer, and it feels good in your hands and looks great to the eye as you read through it. You find yourself studying them long enough to absorb every detail. I enjoyed those books immensely, but somehow I never got around to finishing the series.
The cover alone is enough to draw you to the book in a bookstore. If you are at all interested in The Dark Tower series, I strongly recommend that you take a look at the graphic novel The Gunslinger Born. As a result, my impressions of The Gunslinger Born are based purely on that book. King's work are included in Gunslinger, and I am not upset that some things may have been left out.
If you ever liked the type of graphic novel represented for example by "300", "Sin City" and so on, I think I can guarantee you'll find this to be enjoyable too. The main story in this book is their gradual confrontation, and eventual fight at the end. That they publish high-quality hard-covers is uncommon enough as it is, in this market of cheap paperbacks and low-quality publishing.This excellent graphic novel contains the story of Roland Deschain's and his friends youth and eventual growth into gunslingers, a kind of medieval knight with the exoteric form of a gun wielding ranger. I read it in one sitting, if that is anything to go by. The drawings themselves are simply breathtaking, and contain such amazing colouring, shading, drawing and storytelling that I instantly decided to buy the rest of the series published so far. I should state right away that I have not read Stephen King's book series "Dark Tower", nor the individual magazines that I believed this hardcover graphic novel was a compilation of, yet.
I notice that a lot of people are dissatisfied with this hardcover edition due to it having left out material, but since this is my first encounter with the Dark Tower-series, I can only recognize their grievances as probably valid, but not really concerning myself at this time. All in all, epic storytelling for adults that I found appealing in every way and without the negative sides that I find King to sometimes espouse in some of his writing; a kind of soft-core horror that I can't really imagine thrill anyone but the occasional housewife of the 80's. I do intend to buy the 7 books, but I'm also very fond of this variant of books (graphic novels), so I did not hesitate to buy this. Roland is the main protagonist, and is among other things fighting a man aptly named "The Good Man". 5 stars. The book is split into seven chapters, which I assume correspond to the individual 7 magazines.
The story is quite the epic with its brooding heroes, evil forces, beautiful but troubled women, horrible creatures and all the various vicissitudes of life.
The artwork is beautiful, although a little more attention to backgrounds would be nice. Mr. The GN finds ways to revisit the original story without seeming like it's just repeating it. He'll just keep filling in the blanks of the stories that were glanced over the first go-round until he makes more mon.I mean until the story is fully told.
"The Gunslinger Born" is the next step in the saga of the Dark Tower. All in all, worth the dough to add to your Gunslinger collection, or to introduce you to the Darktower. Peter David pays more attention to the emotional aspect of the story without alluding to the fact that it's already been told. "But that saga is over." you say.
Seriously, though, the Darktower saga is worth hanging around. Remember, there are more worlds than this. Well, not exactly. King, in his infinite wisdom, decided that the best ending to a good story is.NO ENDING AT ALL.
I would recommend it to any fan of King, Marvel, or graphic novels in general. This is fine work by both King and Marvel. This is a very good adaptation of the best part of "The Gunslinger" and the entire "Wizard & Glass." I read the single issue first, but unlike some of my fellow reviewers, I did not miss the extra background material that has been cut out. It is not as good as some classic graphic novels (like "The Watchmen"); however, it is still an excellent telling of a classic story.
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